Guys & Dolls Auditions and Registrations will take place on Thursday 12 June at 7.15pm in the Kelly Hall, Portrush.
Auditions are open to all those of school leaving age and above. (Those currently in Year 12, 5th Year, or 16 years +)
Character Descriptions and Audition Material is available below. Please be prepared to cover all material for your chosen character.
If you wish to only appear in the Ensemble, please ensure you still attend auditions to register, you may need to do a vocal audition using this music. – General Audition Song.
Please read the character descriptions carefully and ensure you have also read the message from our Artistic Director regarding his vision for the show.
A Message from our Artistic Director:
‘Guys & Dolls’, the musical, is seventy-five years old. The show itself is set in the 1930s which makes it practically an historic document.
I have decided to completely modernise and rejuvenate the show and bring it up to date – to 2026. Not a red uniform, nor a Havana, nor a sewer in sight!
Importantly, the show’s dialogue and songs carry through the decades, with little or no need for change.
So, for those auditioning – a few notes:
ADELAIDE: none of that squeaky voice nonsense. She may look like a blonde bimbo, but she certainly isn’t. Try different voices for her.
The ‘Bronx’ accents of the gamblers and Nathan’s friends are dated and not to be used.
In fact, all the accents should be present day American – nothing fancy – keep it like all the films and TV you watch.
Be inventive and ‘now’ – I look forward to seeing and hearing your creativity!
Brian.
Character Descriptions and Audition Material
SARAH BROWN
A pretty, bright-eyed woman who serves as Sergeant of the local Mission (Salvation Army). She fully believes in her worthy cause and wishes to convert the gambling sinners to saints. Falls unexpectedly in love with Sky along the way. She is prudish and uptight, but eventually lets go.
Dialogue
Pages 27-32 (with Sky)
Pages 75-76 (with Sky)
Pages 129-132 (with Adelaide)
Pages 91-92 (with Arvide)
Singing
I’ll Know (from start up till second C – Sky lines will be provided in audition)
If I Were A Bell – (second verse till end)
MISS ADELAIDE
Nathan’s fiancé and a lead performer at the Hot Box nightclub. She loves Nathan more than anything in the world and desperately wants to get married. Pretty, outspoken, stubborn.
Dialogue
Pages 129-132 (with Sarah)
Pages 43-49 (with Nathan)
Pages 111-113 (with Nathan)
Singing
Take Back Your Mink (up to “for some other Dame” )
Sue Me (up to Verse 2 – Nathan lines will be provided in audition)
SKY MASTERSON
A high-stakes gambler whose luck never seems to run out, and a wild card who surprises himself when he falls in love with the unlikeliest of women. Suave, smart, handsome.
Dialogue
Pages 27-32 (with Sarah)
Pages 75-76 (with Sarah)
Pages 19-22 (with Nathan)
Singing
I’ll Know (from section C till end)
My Time of Day (All of it)
NATHAN DETROIT
A good-hearted gambler and craps game organiser who could never hit the bigtime. He loves Adelaide, but cannot quit his gambling ways. A broke schemer with unwitting ways.
Dialogue
Pages 43-49 (with Adelaide)
Pages 111-113 (with Adelaide)
Pages 19-22 (with Sky)
Pages 95-102 (with Benny, Nicely, Jule & Harry)
Page 61-63 (with Nicely, Harr, Jule and Benny)
Singing
The Oldest Established (Sing melody from start of all parts up to key change)
Sue Me (up to verse 2 – Adelaide lines will be provided in audition)
NICELY-NICELY JOHNSON
Just like his name suggests, he is the nicest and cheeriest of the gambling crooks. High-spirited and a bit naïve, but sincere and genuine. Nathan’s loyal friend and lackey.
Dialogue
Pages 95-102 (with Nathan, Benny, Jule & Harry)
Pages 61-63 (with Nathan, Benny, Jule & Harry)
Pages 52-53 (with Benny)
Singing
Fuges For Tinhorns (Nice from bottom of page 11 till end – “For Paul Revere I’ll bite…” )
Sit Down (from “And as I laughed at those passengers to heaven” till end)
BENNY SOUTHSTREET
Nathan’s right-hand man and a gambler himself. Smart, slick, always moving and shaking, but with what he thinks are Nathan’s best interests at heart.
Dialogue
Pages 95-102 (with Nathan, Nicely, Jule & Harry)
Pages 61-63 (with Nathan, Nicely, Jule & Harry)
Pages 52-53 (with Nicely)
Singing
Fuges For Tinhorns – (Nice from bottom of page 11 till end – “For Paul Revere I’ll bite…”)
HARRY THE HORSE
A crook and gambler. Not a friend at all of Nathan. He is a tough guys with dollar signs as his bottom line. Brings Big Jule into Nathan’s craps games and backs his cheating, but is also a man of his word in the gambling community.
Dialogue
Pages 95-102 (with Nathan, Benny, Nicely & Jule)
Pages 61-63 (with Nathan, Nicely, Jule & Benny)
Singing
General Audition Song
BIG JULE
A big time craps player from Chicago who uses a gun and his own pair of rigged dice to bully his way into never losing. Tough looking. A bit of an oaf.
Dialogue
Pages 95-102 (with Nathan, Benny, Nicely & Harry)
Pages 61-63 (with Nathan, Nicely, Harry & Benny)
Singing
General Audition Song
GENERAL MATILDA B. CARTWRIGHT
The stern and dedicated leader of the New York Salvation Army. The Save a Soul Mission comes under her remit. She is a strong and commanding presence, often clashing with the more frivolous characters, particularly the gamblers.
Dialogue
Pages 58-60 (with Sarah, Arvide & Sky)
Singing
General Audition Song
JOEY BILTMORE
In our show he is an on-stage character. Owner of the Biltmore Garage, a crucial location for the gambling plot. A no-nonsense, hard-headed and mistrusting businessman who gives Nathan a hard time.
Dialogue
Pages 37-39 (with Nathan)
Singing
General Audition Song
Lt. BRANNIGAN
A New York police officer who is on to Nathan’s illegal craps games and is dead-set on catching him. A tough, no-nonsense character.
Dialogue
Pages 63-67 (with Jule, Natan, Benny, Adelaide & Harry)
Singing
General Audition Song
ARVIDE ABERNATHY
The bass drum and cymbal player in the Mission band, he is Sarah’s loving grandfather. Wise and sweet, he wants nothing but the best for her.
Dialogue
Pages 91-92 (with Sarah)
HOT BOX DANCERS
They are strong singers and dancers, often seen backing up Miss Adelaide. The Hot Box dancers represent a specific style of entertainment, with suggestive moves and scantily clad costumes. They are a key part of the club’s atmosphere and contribute to the show’s overall energy.
Singing
General Audition Song